Man killed by 1,800-pound block of concrete

TRACY — A 47-year-old Whittier man was killed Tuesday when a 1,800-pound concrete block fell on him while he was cleaning the drum of a concrete transport truck, officials said.

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TRACY — A 47-year-old Whittier man was killed Tuesday when a 1,800-pound concrete block fell on him while he was cleaning the drum of a concrete transport truck, officials said.

The victim was working inside the tumbler on a mixer truck in the 10000 block of West Linne Road in Tracy shortly before 3:30 p.m. when he was struck by a large slab of falling concrete, said David Bramell, division chief with the Tracy Fire Department. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

The victim worked for Express Chipping Inc., a concrete chipping management company based in Artesia, Bramell said. The man was contracted to clean the cement mixing truck for A & A Concrete Supply in Tracy, Bramell said. The victim’s name was not released Tuesday night pending notification of family, officials said.